Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1937, Page 21

SOCLETY. Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Activities of the Official And Diplomatic Sets . Of the Capital Secretary Roper Will Be Honored ‘At Luncheon in Chicago. Mrs. Walker Hostess. HE Secretary of Commerce, I Chicago tomorrow, where on Wednesday a luncheon will be given in his honor by the Business Advisory Council of that city. Secretary Roper will be accompanied to Chicago by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Col. J. Monroe Johnson. Johnson is now in Winston-Salem, where he made an address at a luncheon given by members of the Rotary Club. The Minister of the Union of {ssued invitations to a reception to 7 o'clock in the afternoon at the South African Legation at 3107 | Massachusetts avenue. The Canadian Minister and from Philadelphia, where they were guests of Gen. and Mrs. A. J.: Bowley for the Army-Navy game Saturday. The Minister and Lady Marler spent part of last week in and Mrs. Henry Fuller. Mrs. George Messersmith, w Btate, was the guest in whose honor Mrs. Harold Walker enter-j ; tained at luncheon today. Mr. Daniel C. Roper, will go to Col South Africa and Mrs. Close have | Tuesday, December 14, from 4:30 | | Lady Marler returned yesterday | New York, where they visited Mr. | ife of the Assistant Secretary of Col. Gordon Smith, U. S. A,, of Raleigh, N. C., is spending several days at the Martinique, Lt. Col. John Wallace, M. C., Va., are at the Martinique for a and Mrs. Wallace of Fort Monroe, brief stay. Maj. and Mrs. Raymond B. Bottom of Newport News, Va., are spending several days in Washi ngton and are at the Wardman Park Hotel. On Saturday they attended the Army-Navy game in| Philadelphia. Lt. C. K. McClelland, U. S. A., of Fort Sam Houston, Tex., ac- | companied by Lt. Marshall Bormer of Kelly Field, Tex., are spend- ing a few days at the Martinique. Resid ential Social News | Grosvenors Plan i For Debutante Niece. | R. AND MRS. GILBERT H GROSVENOR have issued invitations for a small danc December 17, at their res dence, Wild Acres, when they will sent their niece, Miss Anne Somer- ville Grosvenor, to society. Miss Gros- venor made her debut in New York at & dance Friday, given by her mother, Mrs. Charles Seymour Whitman, and Mr. Whitman at the Ritz-Carlton Ho- tel. of the late Mr. Edwin Prescott Gros- venor, Mrs. Mason Raynsford will return to Washington today after an absence | of three weeks Visiting friends at Gov- ernors Island, West Port, New York City and Philadelphia. Mrs. William Hamiiton Bayly of the Roosevelt Hotel has as her guests Mr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Young of Cape Cod, who are motoring to their win- ter home in Fort Myer, Fla. Miss Doris Beek Hostess at Tea. Miss Doris Beek gave a tea yester- day afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Beek, in Woodside, Md. Fall flowers formed attractive decorations for the various rooms and for the tea table at which Miss Nellie Hewitt of Silver Spring and Miss Virginia Cantwell of Lin- den presided. Among the guests were Miss Dee Munroe of Woodside and her house guest, Miss Eleanor Weeks | w Miss Grosvenor is the daughter | Dance December 17 Mr. and Mrs. Cabot Stevens have as | their guest their nephew, Mr. George | | W. Conklin, formerly of Washington, | now of Rio de Janiero. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens entertained at dinner Friday | | night for their guest and Mr. and Mrs. | | James Blair of Indiana, Pa. | Mrs. William H. Saunders has I<] | her guests this week her two daug! | ters, Mrs. Frederic Chatfield of Bos- ton and Mrs. Célley Bell of New York | Mrs. Chatfield formerly was Miss | Edna Saunders and Mrs. Bell hefore | her marriage was Miss Frances Saun- | ders and they both were prominent and popular in resident circles of the | District. Mrs. Carlton L. Wood has n’tlxrnedl and opened her house on Twenty- eighth street after a three months' cruise around the world. Before com- | ing back to Washington she made a short visit with her mother, Mrs, | | Richard Sylvester, widow of former superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department, in New York City, where Mrs. Sylvester has lived since the death of Maj. Sylvester. Mrs. Wood before her marriage was Miss Laura Sylvester. | _Dr. Wade Hampton Miller of the Bureau of Air Commerce at Kahsas City and Mrs. Miller are at the Hay- Adams House during their visit in | Washington, | Mr. and Mrs. Otto Englehart are in | Brazil, Ind, where they were called by the death of Mr. Englehart's mother. They will return to their | home in Wesley Heights this week. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY. MRS. ALDRICH F. MEDBERY, Formerly Miss Ruth Nelson, daughter of Mrs. Mary G. Nelson. her wedding taking place October 29 in Epiphany Church. —Brooks Photo. Votable Company To Attend Concert. The director-general of the Pan- American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe, will attend the concert this evening at Constitution Hall by Mercado’ Tipica Mexican Orchestra. Dr. Rowe will be a guest in the box of Mr. and Mrs George Rublee, as will be Mrs. Frank West and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dug- gan Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Burling will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Stevens, Senor Homero Viteri and Senora de Viteri and Mr. and Mrs. John Laylin. Among others who will attended the concert are the Counselor of the Cuban Embassy, Dr. Vicente Valdes Rodriguez; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ruth, who will have as guests Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Putzky; Dr. Edith Seville Coale, who will entertain Dr. K. O. Bertling, director of the American Educational Institute in Berlin; Dr. Don Manuel Gonzales y Gonzales and Senor Don Raimundo Cuervo of the Mexican Embassy staff. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Waters of Wesley Heights will entertain Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, noted lec- turer; Mr. and Mrs. Asa B. Coleman of London. Mme. M. Madiou of Paris, Mr. A. Hibbeler of the Hague, Miss { Joy Burley of Sydney. Australia, and Mr. and Mrs. Nat B. Keen from Bal- timore. The concert will benefit the blind through the Lions Club of Washing- ton and promises to be a brilliant event. Officials to Be Feted. Senator and Mrs. Warren R. Aus- tin, Senator Ernest W. Gibson and ! Miss Gibson and Representative and NOVEMBER 29, 1937. MRS. DONALD CHARLES BRADLEY, Formerly Miss Jean Barnsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.T. A gins. Mrs. Charles A. Plumley will be honor | guests at a reception given by the Ver- mont Association of the District of Co- lumbia, following the first meeting of the association at the Washington Club, Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Capt. Harry A. Baldridge, U. S. N., will speak at the meeting on the life and achievements of Admiral George Dewey. MRS. JAMES HOWARD AHEARN, Whose marriage took place October 26, was formerly Miss Margaret Elizabeth Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bohrer Hig- —Hessler-Henderson Photo. . Barnsley of Olney, Md. Md. Memorial to Miners. FAIRMONT, W. Va. (#).—Funds will be raised by public subscription to erect a monument to the 352 men who died 30 years ago in the Monogah mine disaster, the greatest in Ameri- can mining history. The memorial will be placed on the Clarksburg- Fairmont highway. —Brooks Photo. MRS. LOUIS FINE Of Silver Spring, Md., who, before her mar- riage, was Miss Rhoda Peregoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Peregoff of Frederick, CHRISTMAS GIFTS all- 2nd Floor Gift Dept. No. 7000 e T S8OCIETY 5 *%% B—3 Environs Weddings 'Announced Recently Miss Teresa Kerr Is Bride of Dr. Murphy. ISS FRANCES TERESA KERR, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Kerr, became the bride Saturday morning |of Dr. James J. Murphy, son of Mr. |and Mrs. Daniel A. Murphy of Dan- bury, Conn. The ceremony, which took place in Holy Trinity Church, | Georgetown, was performed by the | Rev. William F. Culhane of Mount St. ® | Mary's, Emmittsburg, assisted by Rev. MRS. C. B. CARLTON, Jr., Daughter of Mr. O. D. Field of Brookland, D. C. She was be- Jore her marriage, which took place October 6 in the Christ Lutheran Church, Miss Vura Field. Mr. Carlton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Carlton of Brookland, D. C. —Hessler-Henderson Photo. Miss Jane Rouse Engaged to Wed. The engagement of Miss Jane Han- son Rouse, daughter of Mrs. Mary H. Rouse of Silver Spring, Md., to Mr. Robert Gruenwold of Oskaloosa, Towa, was announced Thursday at a Thanksgiving day family dinner party given at the home of the bride-elect's brother-in-law and sister, Mr, and Mrs. William Sharpless, at their few home at 1711 Bradford road in Silver Spring. Mrs. Lucinda Hanson of Richmond, Va., grandmother of Miss Rouse, made the announcement. Among the 35 guests present at the dinner party were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Stanley of Middleton, Ohio, who spent the holidays in Silver Spring. The wed- ding will take place in future. Miss Rouse graduated from National Law School in June and Mr. Gruenwold, who is a graduate | of several colleges in the West is at present with one of the Government | | departments in Washington, Mr. and Mrs. John Coven of Worces- ter, Mass., are spending the holidays at the Dodge. . THENEW elleft: 1214.1220 F STREET the near | | Walter K. Cunningham, 8. J. ferns and white | banked the altar. | The bride was given in marriage by | her father and wore a gown of white |satin with a long train. The empire | bodice was finished with a brief cowl neckline and fold sleeves ending in a | point at the wrist. Her veil of tulle | was caught from a coronet and cap | of pearls. Her flowers were a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the | valley. Miss Regis Boyle was maid of honor, | wearing a gown of cranberry satin |brocade with a high, full waist, a heart-shaped neckline and corded puff sleeves, Her Juliet headdress was of pearls and she carried a bouquet of Johanna Hill roses. The bridesmaids, Miss Lucy McAnany and Miss Eliza- beth O'Connor, wore similar dresses in deep eggshell with Juliet caps of gold beads. Their flowers were Ameri- {can Beauty roses, Mr. Francis D. Murphy, brother of the bridegroom, served as best mar The ushers were Dr. John Judge and Dr. Peter W, Woycik. After the wedding at the large breakfast and reception held at th Roosevelt Hotel Mrs. Kerr, mother ¢ the bride, wearing royal blue velve and a corsage of cream roses, receive the guests. Mrs. Murphy, mother o the bridegroom, assisted in black cri trimmed with gold lame. She a wore & corsage of cream roses Dr. and Mrs. Murphy later left on a trip North. The bride’s travelin: costume was a tailored dress of elec- tric blue velvet with a matching hat |and accessories and a coat of gra: | caracul. After December 15 they will |be at home on Homestead avenue, Danbury. Mrs. Murphy received her A. B. from Trin Colleze and did graduate work at Catholic Univer- sity. She is a member of Kappa Gamma Pi. Dr. Murphy, after grad- uating from Mount St. Mary's, received his medical degree from Georgetown University. He is a first lieutenant in the medical detachment of the 192d Field Artillery of the Connecticut National Guard. Among the out-of-town guests were Miss May Murphy, Mrs. Edwin G. Fernand, Mr. Clarence J. Murphy, Mr John A. Murphy, Mr. Willi phy, all of Danbury; Mr. Philip V. Manning, jr., of New York; {Dr. John C. Gordon of Mcunt St. Mary’s, Emmittsbur; Palms, chrysanthemums Miss Sannye E. Hardiman And Mr. Williams Married. \IISS SANNYE E. HARDIMAN, “% daughter of the late Mr. and M:: | willia Hardiman of Baltimore of Savannah, Ga., who were here from Bullins College at Bristol. Va., for | - the Thanksgiving holidays: Miss Mar- | garet Heslin of Flushing. Long Island, | . who was visiting Miss Hewitt during | the Thanksgiving vacation at St.| Joseph's College, Emmittsburg, Md.; Miss Katherine Coombs of Washing- | ton and her house guests, Miss Mary | Rein of Massachusetts and Miss Dor- : othy Mount of Alabama; Miss Dor- | othy Atwood, Miss Lavinia Schrider, | Miss Virginia Saffold, Miss Ellen | Mitchell, Mrs. Florence McPherson, | Miss Sally Worsley, Miss Virginia | Clements, Mrs. Eleanor Gartner, Mrs. Louise Gookins, Miss Lucille Wolfe“ Miss Eva Owens and Miss Katherine | Chichester. Mr. and Mrs. Beek were hosts at bridge Saturday evening, when their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peck of Silver Spring and Mr. and Mrs. Martin McCann, Mr. and Mrs. George Iee, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Prepnit and Mr. and Mrs. S. 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